Texas college football empire map · after Week 1 · Aug 28–Sep 1, 2025

Who owned Texas? Texas Tech.

Texas Tech controls 27.5% of Texas's land: 72 of its 254 counties. Texas A&M is next with 23.4% (52 counties, home to 5.39M people). 15 schools split the state at kickoff; 14 remain now. Baylor, Sam Houston, Texas, UTEP, UTSA hold none of it.

Texas, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Texas Tech27.5%721.72M
Texas A&M23.4%525.39M
Utah State9.2%7911K
Western Kentucky5.8%171.38M
SMU5.4%225.45M
TCU5.3%162.87M
Auburn4.3%12983K
Ohio State4.1%112.35M
North Texas3.5%101.51M
Texas State3.1%10936K
Rice3.0%81.57M
Houston2.4%75.95M
Louisiana Tech2.1%7259K
Oklahoma1.1%318K

Owners of Texas land, by week

1514

Largest Texas counties